MEDINA TWP. — Hudson firefighters responded at 3:17 p.m. Wednesday to a blaze in a single-family home in the 8000 block of Dillon Highway in Medina Township, fire chief Jerry Tanner said.

No one was at home when the fire started, Tanner said. One of the people who live at the house discovered the fire when they came home, opened the door and smoke came out, he said.

The cause of the fire was a plugged chimney pipe for a wood burning stove, Tanner said. The fire was confined to the room where the stove was located and structural damage was minor, but there was heavy smoke damage throughout the house, he said.

Tanner estimated total damage at $10,000 to $15,000.

The house was uninhabitable Wednesday night because the wood burning stove was the sole source of heat, Tanner said.

The Washtenaw-Lenawee Chapter of the American Red Cross assisted the family of six who live at the house with food, clothing and lodging, according to a news release from the Red Cross chapter.

Firefighters from Clayton assisted the Hudson Fire Department at the scene, Tanner said.